The Federal Government is to spend about N60 billion to procure 10million telephone
handsets from China and the US for free distribution to rural farmers
across the country.
The Permanent Secretary, Federal
Ministry of Agriculture, Mrs Ibukun Odusote, said
the handsets would be made available to the farmers in the first quarter of this year.
She said the programme is aimed at
establishing direct electronic communication between the government and
farmers on agricultural matters, adding that the beneficiaries would be
“women and youths” in rural areas.
“The handsets will be the tools with which to communicate with the
farmers in the rural areas, deep deep into the interiors so that we will
be able to communicate with them even in the hinterlands.”
Jeez, this country! N60billion to buy handsets? What are they buying,
BlackBerry Porsche phones? Lol. And did the farmers say that their
problem is a mobile phone? I don't understand this our government...